Danielle Pearson English 151 9/19/10 Can We Be ‘Unmarked’? “There Is No Unmarked Woman” Deborah Tannen In Deborah Tannen’s essay “There Is No Unmarked Woman” she describes how every woman is “marked” in some way. She tells about how everyone judges or “marks” a woman by what kind of clothes she is wearing‚ whether they are tight or hang limply from her body. What kind of make-up she is wearing to how she styles her hair. She says that just by writing her essay and pointing out the fact that
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Wonder woman is one of the greatest superheroes of all time. She was conceived as a symbol of loving femininity that would dominate the male instincts towards war and destruction; she does this through empowerment. Wonder Woman acts as a very condensed version of Charles Moulton‚ the creator of Wonder Woman‚ theories on gender and the urges of men and woman. Although misrepresenting his own theory of the humanity for men and women‚ Wonder Woman is the perfect allegory to Moulton’s idea that men
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Jonathan Spence: author of Death of Woman Wang‚ who used three sources to write his book‚ which follow: Feng K’o‑ts’an: a public official who kept accounts of the district Huang Liu‑hung: a later official who wrote more on the district in his manual on local administration; he is important because he included materials that Feng might have considered too bad to put in his public documentation P’u Sung‑ling: an unhappy scholar who had not done well in the Confucian exam system: he wrote short
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Commentary on « A Negro Woman » by W.C Williams This text is a poem entitled « A Negro Woman » written by American author William Carlos Williams in 1955. It is therefore at the very beginning of the African-American Civil Rights Movement which occurred between 1955 and 1968 in the United States. In this poem‚ Williams describes a common black woman carrying a bunch of yellow flowers. It is written in free verses and could be divided into two parts: one being mainly a description and the
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do learn all the fuzzy-headed‚ unassertive language of our sex‚ we are ridiculed for being unable to think clearly‚ unable to take part in a serious discussion‚ and therefore unfit to hold a position of power. It doesn’t take much of this for a woman to begin feeling she deserves such treatment because of inadequacies in her own intelligence and education. “Women’s language” shows up in all levels of English. For example‚ women are encouraged and allowed to make far more precise discriminations
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“Barbie Doll” In the poem “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy the struggle many young girl nowadays face is portrayed. We are introduced to a girl who hates herself due to her physical appearance. She lives her life trying to achieve the perfect look‚ the one that society will approve of. For girls growing up is always harder‚ since we are young we are introduced to Barbie world. A world where you must be beautiful to fit in. We are taught that in order to be happy we must have a perfect body‚ perfect
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“Phenomenal Woman” by Maya Angelou is an inspiring poem that relates to women of all ages and races. It’s powerful message of loving one’s body and self is much needed in today’s society. Women today are being bombarded with the ideas that they should be perfect. The media plays a major role on how women perceive themselves‚ and these unrealistic views on beauty and thinness are causing self-destructing behaviors that are harmful to all women. The only way to fix this epidemic is to teach women
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Phenomenal Woman is a dramatic poem by Maya Angelou about the love a woman has for herself even with her flaws. This poem is meant to be performed in front of an audience because the poem’s body movements reflect her flamboyant actions as she performs on stage. The speaker is a strong‚ confident woman (possibly Angelou) whom men seem to be incredibly attracted to. This is odd because the woman seems to not consider herself beautiful. Through her poem‚ Angelou speaks to all women‚ beautiful or
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“A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”‚ a book written by Mary Wollstonecraft‚ is a declaration of the rights of the women for equality of education‚ and to civil opportunities. Wollstonecraft advocates education as key‚ for women to attain a sense of self-respect‚ and a new self-image that can enable them to live to their fullest capabilities. The theme of the story is fixated on education. There is nothing Wollstonecraft wants more than a woman to have access to the same kind of education as men
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Gender stereotypes start the day the baby is born for example‚ if the nursery has been lovingly painted pink ‚crammed with frilly‚ lacy clothes and stocked with dolls ‚ a clear message has been sent to that baby girl.On the other hand‚a different message is sent to males by filling their blue-walled room with toy soldiers‚ sports equipment and race cars.As the children grow up ‚ the messages continue.The male will be expected to participate
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